Job 40 Majority Standard Bible
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1 And the LORD said to Job:
1 ENTONCES respondió Jehová á Job desde la oscuridad, y dijo:
2 “Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”
2 Cíñete ahora como varón tus lomos; yo te preguntaré, y explícame.
3 Then Job answered the LORD:
3 ¿Invalidarás tú también mi juicio? ¿me condenarás á mí, para justificarte á ti?
4 “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
4 ¿Tienes tú brazo como Dios? ¿y tronarás tú con voz como él?
5 I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
5 Atavíate ahora de majestad y de alteza: y vístete de honra y de hermosura.
6 Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind and said:
6 Esparce furores de tu ira: y mira á todo soberbio, y abátelo.
7 “Now brace yourself like a man; I will question you, and you shall inform Me.
7 Mira á todo soberbio, y humíllalo, y quebranta á los impíos en su asiento.
8 Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
8 Encúbrelos á todos en el polvo, venda sus rostros en la oscuridad;
9 Do you have an arm like God’s? Can you thunder with a voice like His?
9 Y yo también te confesaré que podrá salvarte tu diestra.
10 Then adorn yourself with majesty and splendor, and clothe yourself with honor and glory.
10 He aquí ahora behemoth, al cual yo hice contigo; hierba come como buey.
11 Unleash the fury of your wrath; look on every proud man and bring him low.
11 He aquí ahora que su fuerza está en sus lomos, y su fortaleza en el ombligo de su vientre.
12 Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.
12 Su cola mueve como un cedro, y los nervios de sus genitales son entretejidos.
13 Bury them together in the dust; imprison them in the grave.
13 Sus huesos son fuertes [como] bronce, y sus miembros como barras de hierro.
14 Then I will confess to you that your own right hand can save you.
14 El es la cabeza de los caminos de Dios: el que lo hizo, puede hacer que su cuchillo á él se acerque.
15 Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.
15 Ciertamente los montes producen hierba para él: y toda bestia del campo retoza allá.
16 See the strength of his loins and the power in the muscles of his belly.
16 Echaráse debajo de las sombras, en lo oculto de las cañas, y de los lugares húmedos.
17 His tail sways like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit.
17 Los árboles sombríos lo cubren con su sombra; los sauces del arroyo lo cercan.
18 His bones are tubes of bronze; his limbs are rods of iron.
18 He aquí que él tomará el río sin inmutarse: y confíase que el Jordán pasará por su boca.
19 He is the foremost of God’s works; only his Maker can draw the sword against him.
19 ¿Tomarálo alguno por sus ojos en armadijos, y horadará su nariz?
20 The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.
20 Not in this translation
21 He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.
21 Not in this translation
22 The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.
22 Not in this translation
23 Though the river rages, Behemoth is unafraid; he remains secure, though the Jordan surges to his mouth.
23 Not in this translation
24 Can anyone capture him as he looks on, or pierce his nose with a snare?
24 Not in this translation
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Job 38:1; Job 40:6
- 2 1 Corinthians 2:16; Isaiah 40:14; Romans 11:34–36; Job 33:13; Isaiah 50:8
- 4 Proverbs 30:32; Job 29:9; Job 21:5; Job 42:6; Judges 18:19
- 5 Job 33:14; Psalm 62:11; Job 9:15; Job 9:3; Romans 3:19
- 6 Job 38:1; Psalm 50:3–4; 2 Peter 3:10–12; Hebrews 12:18–20
- 7 Job 38:3; Job 42:4; Job 23:3–4; Job 13:22
- 8 Romans 3:4; Job 32:2; Isaiah 28:18; Job 10:3; Psalm 51:4
- 9 Job 37:4–5; Isaiah 45:9; Psalm 89:13; Psalm 89:10; Exodus 15:6
- 10 Psalm 93:1; Psalm 149:4; Isaiah 59:17; Job 39:19; Psalm 104:1–2
- 11 Daniel 4:37; Isaiah 2:11–12; Isaiah 2:17; Nahum 1:6; Isaiah 10:12–19
- 12 Isaiah 63:3; Malachi 4:3; Psalm 60:12; 1 Samuel 2:7; Zechariah 10:5
- 13 Isaiah 2:10; Psalm 49:14; Job 36:13; Job 14:13; Esther 7:8
- 14 Romans 5:6; Psalm 44:3; Ephesians 2:4–9; Psalm 44:6; Isaiah 40:29
- 15 Psalm 104:14; Job 40:20; Genesis 1:24–26; Job 39:8
- 17 Job 41:23
- 18 Isaiah 48:4; Job 7:12
- 19 Job 41:33; Psalm 104:24; Job 26:13; Isaiah 27:1; Psalm 7:12
- 20 Psalm 104:26; Psalm 104:14; Job 40:15; Psalm 147:8–9
- 21 Isaiah 19:6–7; Isaiah 35:7
- 22 Isaiah 15:7; Leviticus 23:40; Ezekiel 17:5
- 23 Genesis 13:10; Isaiah 37:25; Isaiah 28:16; Joshua 3:15; Psalm 55:8
- 24 Job 41:1–2
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
According to Job, there was in the waters the dragon that draweth up Jordan into his mouth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)